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February 5, 2022
[Reread - February 2022]
As occasionally happens, I get an itch to track down books I read as a teen-ager. When I saw that an e-book version was available for my Kindle for $2.99, I took the plunge and got it.
For starters, my plot summary below is not correct. While there is an artificial intelligence that is central to the book, the ancient war that destroyed the world was not between it and a rival AI. The ancient enemies were quite human. The AI, the titular Guardian, is borderline insane and lures a group of humans to its citadel, where they have to discover its motives and try to escape.
My opinion of its quality as literature remains unchanged; perhaps it's a bit lower actually (1.75 stars).
Still enjoyed the prologue, though...
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Read about twenty-five years ago, now.
Not a particularly good novel (obviously since I didn't become a fan of Monteleone) about a post-nuclear holocaust world and the final battle between the two machines (one pro-human, the other anti-) that brought about the near-extinction of the human race (this was pre-Terminator).
What I really enjoyed about the novel was the prologue, which took the reader on a virtual tour of the civilizations that had grown up after the apocalypse.
As occasionally happens, I get an itch to track down books I read as a teen-ager. When I saw that an e-book version was available for my Kindle for $2.99, I took the plunge and got it.
For starters, my plot summary below is not correct. While there is an artificial intelligence that is central to the book, the ancient war that destroyed the world was not between it and a rival AI. The ancient enemies were quite human. The AI, the titular Guardian, is borderline insane and lures a group of humans to its citadel, where they have to discover its motives and try to escape.
My opinion of its quality as literature remains unchanged; perhaps it's a bit lower actually (1.75 stars).
Still enjoyed the prologue, though...
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Read about twenty-five years ago, now.
Not a particularly good novel (obviously since I didn't become a fan of Monteleone) about a post-nuclear holocaust world and the final battle between the two machines (one pro-human, the other anti-) that brought about the near-extinction of the human race (this was pre-Terminator).
What I really enjoyed about the novel was the prologue, which took the reader on a virtual tour of the civilizations that had grown up after the apocalypse.
October 9, 2021
This was the first novel I ever read. I was 8, it was 1978. I made myself finish it even though I thought it was kind of boring. For some reason I always remembered the main character's name (and I almost never remember names from books). I also remember that I learned what a "trapezoid" was from this book, because he used the word and I had to look it up. Really strange what you remember sometimes.
July 2, 2020
I recognized the author at a used book sales so I picked up the book. Like his other book, it is very well done. Good characterizations and excellent plot twists. Well written.
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